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TIL: In France, it is the law, that only a croissant made with pure butter can be straight

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QNkBa TIL Walter Hudson, once the world’s heaviest man, went from 1,200 lbs to 520 lbs (272 kg). He died at 600 lbs. He also held title for largest waist at 119 inches (302 cm). His body remained in his room while authorities figured how to get him out as he would not fit through the door.
VBWP8 TIL about Operation Cottage. A joint US-Canada military operation in 1943 to take back an occupied Alaskan Island. Unfortunately, Canadians and Americans mistook each other for Japanese and open fired, killing 92 soldiers and wounding over 200 others.
78b9L TIL that Michael Jackson died while Glastonbury Festival was taking place in the UK. Within hours, souvenir shops around the site had begun selling T-shirts with "I was at Glasto 09 when Jacko died" printed on them.
4XJLN TIL Brøndby Haveby is a series of circular neighborhoods outside Copenhagen that act as vacation homes for nearby city dwellers
7rwkb TIL Russia did not treat beer as an alcoholic beverage until 2011. Before that, beer was classified as a soft drink.